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Haiku and the Seasons
Haiku
Haiku is a contemplative, unrhymed Japanese poem that attempts to capture the essence of a moment in which nature is linked to human life. And as one of the most important forms of traditional Japanese poetry, a well-written haiku creates tension between contrasting elements.
Haiku Form
Guidelines of traditional haiku writing in Japanese; Syllable Count::
The poem consists of 17 syllables, a must in Japanese; Kigo:
The poem should indicate through a kigo, a seasonal word, the season in which the haiku is set. Often the kigo is not obvious and may therefore be implied;
Division:
The poem contains a division between two contrasting parts, a certain imaginative distance should exist between the two sections, both of which must enrich the understanding of the other.
Matsuo Bashō (1644 -1694)
Showing no signof an early death—
a cicada’s voice
—Matsuo Basho
Under the treein the soup, salad, and
everywhere—cherry blossoms
—Matsuo Basho
A lightning flash—and piercing the darkness
a heron’s shriek
—Matsuo Basho
A giant fireflyflickers
and then moves on—Kobayashi Issa
A cherry petalflies back up to its branch—
oh, a butterfly!—Arakide Moritake (1473-1549)
A small frogrides a banana leaf
trembling—Kikaku (1600-1707)
An old pond; A frog jumps in-
The sound of water.—Matsuo Basho
Autumn
Winter
Spring
Summer